Southern Cobb Salad with Green Goddess Dressing
This Southern Cobb Salad includes crispy chicken tenders (frozen!) and romaine lettuce, salty bacon, boiled eggs, fresh grape tomatoes and avocados, pecans, and cornbread croutons. The herby green goddess dressing brings all of the ingredients together.
Servings: 6 people
Calories: 607kcal
Ingredients
For the salad:
- Romaine lettuce
- fried chicken tenders your favorite frozen tenders will be perfect!
- ½ pound bacon cooked and chopped
- 4 eggs hard-boiled and chopped
- 1 cup grape tomatoes halved
- 1 avocado cut into ½" pieces
- ¼ cup pecans roughly chopped
- 2 cups cornbread croutons*
For the green goddess dressing:
- ½ cup plain Greek yogurt I prefer 0% fat
- 1 ½ cups combination of fresh herbs like dill, parsley, cilantro, tarragon, mint, scallions
- 1 clove garlic peeled
- ½ lemon juiced
- ½ teaspoon salt
- fresh cracked black pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil or more depending on desired consistency
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375ËšF. Line two baking sheets with aluminum foil. Set aside.
- Add bacon to one baking tray and divide the second baking sheet for both the frozen chicken tenders and cornbread pieces. Cook chicken tenders according to the package directions but it should be around the same time as the cornbread croutons. Cook bacon for about 12 minutes, flip, then cook for another 12 until bacon is fully cooked and crispy. Allow bacon to cool.
- Meanwhile, in a medium pot, place eggs submerged under water. When the water starts boiling, set a timer for 10 minutes. Run eggs under cold water to cool off eggs. When they're cool, peel and chop.
- Cut avocado, grape tomatoes, pecans, bacon, and romaine lettuce.
For the dressing:
- Add all of the ingredients except for the olive oil to a food processsor. Process on high until the ingredients are finely chopped.
- Slowly add in the oil to your desired level of thickness. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Assemble all of the ingredients in the salad. Toss with the dressing or serve on the side. Enjoy!
Notes
*You can learn all about how to make cornbread croutons -- they're so easy and delicious!
Nutrition
Calories: 607kcal | Carbohydrates: 51g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 38g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 19g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 180mg | Sodium: 976mg | Potassium: 580mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 1828IU | Vitamin C: 32mg | Calcium: 177mg | Iron: 4mg